Garden cornflower vs Iberian Mole

Centaurea cyanus compared with Talpa occidentalis

Key Differences

• Garden cornflower is Near Threatened while Iberian Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden cornflower	Iberian Mole
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Asterales (астроцветные)	Soricomorpha (землеройкообразные)
Family	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)	Talpidae
Genus	Centaurea	Talpa
Species	Centaurea cyanus	Talpa occidentalis

Conservation Status

Garden cornflower

NT — Near Threatened

Iberian Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden cornflower	Iberian Mole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Garden cornflower

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Nepal, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Colombia). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Iberian Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.